Supermoons in 2026
Which full moons of 2026 count as supermoons, with the computed distance of each one and the threshold used.
Supermoon
3
Distance from Earth
356,740 km
24 Dec 2026
Micromoon
1
Supermoon: < 363,300 km
Moon phases in 2026
| Date | Time (UTC) | Distance from Earth | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03 Jan 2026 | 10:03 | 362,312 km | Supermoon |
| 01 Feb 2026 | 22:09 | 371,384 km | — |
| 03 Mar 2026 | 11:38 | 382,609 km | — |
| 02 Apr 2026 | 02:12 | 393,596 km | — |
| 01 May 2026 | 17:23 | 402,003 km | — |
| 31 May 2026 | 08:45 | 406,135 km | Micromoon |
| 29 Jun 2026 | 23:57 | 405,251 km | — |
| 29 Jul 2026 | 14:36 | 399,617 km | — |
| 28 Aug 2026 | 04:18 | 390,398 km | — |
| 26 Sept 2026 | 16:49 | 379,433 km | — |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 04:12 | 368,871 km | — |
| 24 Nov 2026 | 14:53 | 360,768 km | Supermoon |
| 24 Dec 2026 | 01:28 | 356,740 km | Supermoon |
How these times are calculated
There is no official definition of a supermoon. Here a supermoon is a full moon closer than 363,300 km to the centre of the Earth, the mean perigee distance — the threshold that reproduces the lists published by Fred Espenak and by the press. The computed distance is always shown next to it so you can judge the borderline cases yourself.
The Moon’s position comes from Meeus’s series (chapter 47, full tables), accurate to about 10 arcseconds. Moonrise and moonset use the standard altitude 0.7275·π − 0.5667°, with π the horizontal parallax, which is the USNO convention. The instants of new moon, full moon and the quarters come from Meeus chapter 49, converted from Dynamical Time to UTC. Checked against the USNO: all 50 phases of 2026 agree to within 41 seconds, and moonrise, moonset and illumination agree to the minute and to the percentage point.